By M.L. JOHNSON (MILWAUKEE, AP) — Dairy farmers expressed frustration this week with Congress’ failure to pass a farm bill, saying the uncertainty made it hard to do business and… Read more »
Category: National News
Obama: Make climate change a must for your vote
By JOSH LEDERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to make climate change a political litmus test, asking them to declare they won’t vote for any politicians… Read more »
Witness: leaked cables contained classified info
By DAVID DISHNEAU (FORT MEADE, Md., AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed potentially damaging classified information in at least 117 of the more than 250,000 State Department cables he… Read more »
Feds: Boston suspect downloaded bomb instructions
By DENISE LAVOIE and TOM HAYS (BOSTON, AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material on Islamic jihad and martyrdom,… Read more »
Senate passes immigration bill
By DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER (WASHINGTON , AP) — The Senate has passed historic immigration legislation offering the hope of American citizenship to millions, while promising a military-style surge… Read more »
Federal agency finds lax regulation of chemicals
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI (HOUSTON, AP) — A federal agency investigating a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant will tell a Senate committee Thursday that regulation of the dangerous chemicals… Read more »
Two-headed turtle hatches at San Antonio zoo
(SAN ANTONIO, AP) — A two-headed turtle has hatched at the San Antonio Zoo and officials have named her Thelma and Louise. The female Texas cooter arrived June 18 and… Read more »
Gay rights supporters erupt in cheers over ruling
By CONNIE CASS and JESSICA GRESKO (WASHINGTON, AP) — Supporters of same-sex marriage burst into cheers, wept openly and chanted “DOMA is Dead” outside the Supreme Court as word reached… Read more »
Bigger posts absorb cuts as Army downsizes
By DYLAN LOVAN and KRISTIN M. HALL (LOUISVILLE, Ky., AP) — In axing a dozen combat brigades in the face of steep spending cuts and the wind-down of two wars,… Read more »
States promise quick action on election laws
By BILL BARROW (ATLANTA, AP) — Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part… Read more »